# 国家賠償法 / State Redress Act — 第一条 (Article 1) - Law: 国家賠償法 (State Redress Act), 昭和二十二年法律第百二十五号 - English title "State Redress Act": Ministry of Justice translation - Kind: Act — the distinction between 法律 (Act), 政令 (Cabinet Order), 省令 (Ministerial Order) and 条例 (local ordinance) decides who may issue it and what it may say. - Provision: 第一条 (Article 1) — address `art-1` - Text in force since: 1947-10-27 - URL (the page that opens at this provision): https://japanlaw.org/en/state-redress-act/art-1 - Permanent URL (e-Gov law ID, never renamed): https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000125/art-1 - Every provision below carries its address and both URLs on the line under it. - Japanese text: e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁). English: as marked on each line below. Only the Japanese as published by the government has legal effect; the text below is a copy of it. Every English rendering below is a translation and says which kind: the Ministry of Justice's translation, or this site's machine translation, whose model and date the Sources list names. They are never merged and never substituted for one another. --- ### 第一条 art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/state-redress-act/art-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000125/art-1 **第一項** 国又は公共団体の公権力の行使に当る公務員が、その職務を行うについて、故意又は過失によつて違法に他人に損害を加えたときは、国又は公共団体が、これを賠償する責に任ずる。 art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/en/state-redress-act/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000125/art-1/par-1 When a public employee who exercises the public authority of the State or of a public entity has, in the course of their duties, unlawfully caused loss or damage to another person intentionally or negligently, the State or public entity assumes the responsibility to compensate therefor. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System **第二項** 前項の場合において、公務員に故意又は重大な過失があつたときは、国又は公共団体は、その公務員に対して求償権を有する。 art-1/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/en/state-redress-act/art-1/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000125/art-1/par-2 In the case referred to in the preceding paragraph, when there was intent or gross negligence on the part of the public employee, the State or public entity has the right to obtain reimbursement from that public employee. Ministry of Justice translation — Japanese Law Translation Database System --- ## Cites - art-1/par-2: 前項 → 国家賠償法 第一条第一項 (Article 1, paragraph (1)), art-1/par-1 — https://japanlaw.org/en/state-redress-act/art-1/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000125/art-1/par-1 ## Cited by 3 provisions cite this one. No official source publishes this direction. - 国家賠償法 第一条第二項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/state-redress-act/art-1/par-2 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000125/art-1/par-2 - 国家賠償法 第三条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/state-redress-act/art-3/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000125/art-3/par-1 - 国家賠償法 第四条第一項 — https://japanlaw.org/en/state-redress-act/art-4/par-1 · https://japanlaw.org/l/322AC0000000125/art-4/par-1 --- ## Sources - e-Gov 法令検索, Digital Agency (デジタル庁) — 国家賠償法 — the text in force from 1947-10-27 (https://laws.e-gov.go.jp/law/322AC0000000125/19471027_000000000000000), retrieved 2026-10-09 - Japanese Law Translation Database System, Ministry of Justice (法務省) — State Redress Act — Ministry of Justice translation (https://www.japaneselawtranslation.go.jp/en/laws/view/3785/tb), retrieved 2026-10-09 - This site's parser, version 163 — 国家賠償法 — structure, counts, cross-references and defined terms, computed 2026-10-09